Fierro cancels Topeka press conference over GAO report
Former Kansas Human Needs Corp chairman Manuel Fierro canceled a planned Topeka press conference about a GAO probe into his use of federal grant funds. The GAO report covers travel expenses, undocumented payments, and funds linked to a migrant worker food program tied to Fierro and the organization.
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Manuel Fierro
Kansas Human Needs Corporation
General Accounting Office
Garden City Telegram
GAO
Fierro
The
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Garden City
Dole
Kansas Council of Agriculture Workers
San Jose
Calif
Salt Lake City
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Kansas
OFO
Kansas City
Parsons
Council
Salina
Corporation
Five Point Tax Reform Plan Ready For House
Kansas Rep. Shelby Smith unveiled a five point tax reform plan aiming to raise the state sales tax to 4 percent by December 1972 and 4 percent from June 1, 1972. The package includes phased liquor tax increases, exemptions for manufacturing equipment, a food and drug tax credit, and repeal of local sales tax authority. He expects about $30 million added revenue in 1973 and plans to share revenue with local governments to ease property taxes.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Shelby Smith
Wichita
Robert Docking
Smith
General Revenue Fund
Elass Tva
Lawrence
Manhattan
California
Texas
Kansas
Docking
Wyoming
Mississippi
New Mexico
Government aims natural cotton pest control to cut DDT use
Washington AP The Agriculture Department announces a program to replace DDT in cotton with natural methods. Secretary Butz says target use drop from 11 million pounds in 1971 to seven million this year and four million by 1975 aided by field scouts and beneficial insects. Funding includes 2.25 million this year plus 3.5 million for research on biological controls as lawsuits seek a full ban on DDT for health concerns.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Environmental Defense Fund
Former FBI Agent Describes Bugging Embassies in 1967 War
Former FBI agent Robert N. Wall says he was assigned to monitor telephone conversations at the Israeli Embassy in Washington during the 1967 Arab Israeli war and notes the Egyptian embassy was also monitored. He alleges IRS and FBI misconduct, including efforts to sow disruption in radical groups, and says he plans to move to a Nova Scotia farm.
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FBI
The
Bureau
Washington
Robert N. Wall
Wail
Internal Revenue Service
New York Review of Books
Wall
IRS
Institute For Policy Studies
State University of Buffalo
United States
Nova Scotia
Acheampong Leads Victory Parade in Accra After Bloodless Coup
Thousands of Ghanaians cheered Col. I K Acheampong as he rode an open jeep through Accra with armed guards after a bloodless takeover. About 2,000 army troops and navy cadets marched from Black Star Square to a stadium near Burma Camp. He pledged Ghana would solve its problems but gave no clear path on debt. The new regime faces inflation, unemployment, and a trade imbalance.
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Ghana
Col
I. K. Acheampong
Black Star Square
Burma
Acheampong
National Redemption Council
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Call Don’s ‘Royal Cleaners
Don’s Royal Cleaners
Ottawa, Kansas
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Guinea
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Busia
London
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MFA
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Ottawa
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